Matter systems condensation

Since solids do not exist as truly infinite systems, there are issues related to their temiination (i.e. surfaces). However, in most cases, the existence of a surface does not strongly affect the properties of the crystal as a whole. The number of atoms in the interior of a cluster scale as the cube of the size of the specimen while the number of surface atoms scale as the square of the size of the specimen. For a sample of macroscopic size, the number of interior atoms vastly exceeds the number of atoms at the surface. On the other hand, there are interesting properties of the surface of condensed matter systems that have no analogue in atomic or molecular systems. For example, electronic states can exist that trap electrons at the interface between a solid and the vacuum [1]. 

One common approximation is to separate the nuclear and electronic degrees of freedom. Since the nuclei are considerably more massive than the electrons, it can be assumed that the electrons will respond mstantaneously to the nuclear coordinates. This approximation is called the Bom-Oppenlieimer or adiabatic approximation. It allows one to treat the nuclear coordinates as classical parameters. For most condensed matter systems, this assumption is highly accurate [11, 12]. 

Applying Flartree-Fock wavefiinctions to condensed matter systems is not routine. The resulting Flartree-Fock equations are usually too complex to be solved for extended systems. It has been argried drat many-body wavefunction approaches to the condensed matter or large molecular systems do not represent a reasonable approach to the electronic structure problem of extended systems. 

Perhaps the simplest description of a condensed matter system is to imagine non-interacting electrons contained within a box of volume, Q. The Scln-ddinger equation for this system is similar to equation Al.3.9 with the potential set to zero ... 

A key issue in describing condensed matter systems is to account properly for the number of states. Unlike a molecular system, the eigenvalues of condensed matter systems are closely spaced and essentially mfmite in... 

Knowing the energy distributions of electrons, (k), and the spatial distribution of electrons, p(r), is important in obtaining the structural and electronic properties of condensed matter systems. 

Since and depend only on die valence charge densities, they can be detennined once the valence pseudo- wavefiinctions are known. Because the pseudo-wavefiinctions are nodeless, the resulting pseudopotential is well defined despite the last temi in equation Al.3.78. Once the pseudopotential has been constructed from the atom, it can be transferred to the condensed matter system of interest. For example, the ionic pseudopotential defined by equation Al.3.78 from an atomistic calculation can be transferred to condensed matter phases without any significant loss of accuracy. 

Alavi A 1996 Path integrals and ab initio molecular dynamics Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics of Condensed Matter Systems ed K Binder and G Ciccotti (Bologna SIF)... 

Heermann D W 1996 Parallelization of computational physics problems/Monfe Carlo and Moleoular Dynamlos of Condensed Matter Systems vol 49, ed K Binder and G CIccottI (Bologna Italian Physical Society) pp 887-906... 

B. Mehlig, D. W. Heermann, and B. M. Forrest. Hybrid Monte Carlo method for condensed-matter systems. Phys. Rev. B, 45 679-685, 1992. 

The computer simulation of models for condensed matter systems has become an important investigative tool in both fundamental and engineering research [149-153] for reviews on MC studies of surface phenomena see Refs. 154, 155. For the reahstic modeling of real materials at low temperatures it is essential to take quantum degrees of freedom into account. Although much progress has been achieved on this topic [156-166], computer simulation of quantum systems still lags behind the development in the field of classical systems. This holds particularly for the determination of dynamical information, which was not possible until recently [167-176]. 

K. J. Strandburg, ed. Bond Orientational Order in Condensed Matter Systems. New York Springer, 1992. 

A. P. Young. In K. Binder, G. Cicotti, eds. Monte Carlo and Moleeular Dynamies of Condensed Matter Systems. Bologne Italian Physical Society, 1996, pp. 285-307. 

For recent reviews on molecular dynamics simulations of amphiphilic systems, see D. J. Tobias, K. Tu, M. L. Klein. In K. Binder, G. Ciccotti, eds. Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics of Condensed Matter Systems. Bologna SIF, 1996, pp. 327-344. S. Bandyapadhyay, M. Tarek, M. L. Klein. Curr Opin Coll Interf Sci 3-.242-146, 1998. 

For a review on the roughening transition see J. D. Weeks in Ordering in Strongly Fluctuating Condensed Matter Systems, ed. T. Riste, 293 (Plenum New-York, 1980)... 

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Strandberg KJ (1992) In Strandberg KJ (ed) Bond orientational order in condensed matter systems, chap 2. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York... 

For importance sampling in the lattice simulation, one can use the leading part of the determinant, [real, positive]. This proposal provides a nontrivial check on analytic results at asymptotic density and can be used to extrapolate to intermediate density. Furthermore, it can be applied to condensed matter systems like High-Tc superconductors, which in general suffers from a sign problem. 

Classical molecular dynamics (MD) implementing predetermined potentials, either empirical or derived from independent electronic structure calculations, has been used extensively to investigate condensed-matter systems. An important aspect in any MD simulation is how to describe or approximate the interatomic interactions. Usually, the potentials that describe these interactions are determined a priori and the full interaction is partitioned into two-, three-, and many-body contributions, long- and short-range terms, etc., for which suitable analytical functional forms are devised. Despite the many successes with classical MD, the requirement to devise fixed potentials results in several serious problems... 

Luijten, E. Introduction to cluster Monte Carlo algorithms. In Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter Systems From Materials to Chemical Biology (eds M. Ferrario, G. Ciccotti and... 

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